单词 | to ride into the sunset |
释义 | > as lemmasto ride (go, sail, etc.) (off) into the sunset b. Originally U.S. to ride (go, sail, etc.) (off) into the sunset: to make a new start, begin a new phase of life, often implying (sometimes ironically) a bright future.Chiefly with reference to a stock ending of many films, esp. Westerns, in which the hero is seen riding away towards the setting sun. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > be happy [verb (intransitive)] > end happily to ride (go, sail, etc.) (off) into the sunset1909 1909 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 11 Aug. 3/2 The range rider who..flooded the world with gold, has gone on the last prospect tour, into the sunset. 1923 Madison (Wisconsin) State Jrnl. 11 Nov. 16/4 The beardless boy..rode off into the sunset to learn to fly. 1967 H. Harrison Technicolor Time Machine (1968) iii. 28 He takes the girl with him and together they sail into the sunset to a new life. 1976 W. Goldman Magic iii. xii. 207 I didn't even bother getting mad at your crack about me going off into the sunset. 1989 T. Parker Place called Bird xxii. 269 We got married, and we set off together into the sunset for a new life. 2016 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 5 July 15 And so Nigel Farage rides off into the sunset, the latest Brexit politician to depart the scene after causing maximum chaos. < as lemmas |
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